Darrell

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled דארל in IL Israel and Darrel in MY Malaysia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Darrell is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name75K records spelled Darrell8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Dar'Rell, Dârrëll, Darreĺl

• Polish given name6.4K records spelled Darrell35 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Darrel, Даррелл, Durrell, Darrall, Horcher

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Darrell is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A surname from Old French.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Old French; the dear one, the beloved

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• English: transferred use of the surname, originally a Norman baronial name ( d'Airelle ) borne by a family who came from Airelle in Calvados. It was first used as a given name towards the end of the 19th century, and has enjoyed a considerable vogue in the latter part of the 20th century. Variants: Darrel, Darell .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 136 years between 1886–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Darrell Castleb. 1948USAmerican politician
• Darrell Issab. 1953USAmerican politician, inventor and entrepreneur
• Darrell Hammondb. 1955USAmerican actor and comedian
• Tim Russb. 1956USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
• Darrell Rooneyb. 1959CACanadian animator, storyboard artist, and director
• Trace Adkinsb. 1962USnot in their usual nameAmerican country music singer and actor
• Dimebag Darrellb. 1966USAmerican guitarist (1966–2004)
• Darrell Armstrongb. 1968USAmerican basketball player (born 1968)
• Darrell Britt-Gibsonb. 1985USAmerican actor
• Darrell Arthurb. 1988USAmerican basketball player (born 1988)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 516 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Darrell?

We estimate roughly 103 thousand people bear Darrell (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Darrell have the most bearers?

We estimate about 103 thousand people bear Darrell in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled darrell.

How common is Darrell compared with other names?

In the United States, Darrell is the 344th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Darrell a male or female name?

Darrell is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Darrell mean?

Recorded meaning: Especially North American: transferred use of the surname, originally a Norman baronial name (d’Airelle) borne by a family who came from Airelle in Calvados.